HMS Astute grounded in shallow waters off the Isle of Skye just after 8am.

The vessel was on the surface conducting a personnel transfer when her rudder became grounded when its rudder apparently became stuck on a shingle bank in the Kyle of Lochalsh, near the Skye road bridge.

During the operation to tow Astute clear, there was a collision between the rescue tug and the submarine, which resulted in damage to her starboard foreplane. The submarine returned under its own power to Faslane, where the damage incurred in the grounding and afterward was described as minor.

Commander Andy Coles relieved of his command following a grounding incident the previous week.

It was subsequently decided that he would not face a court martial. In December 2010 it was announced that Commander Iain Breckenridge, who has previously commanded the submarine HMS Tireless, would take over command.

A shooting incident occurred onboard HMS Astute alongside in Southampton which resulted in the death of the WEO (Lt Cdr Ian Molyneux), the serious wounding of the MEO (Lt Cdr Chris Hodge), and the arrest of a member of the ships company.

HMS Astute, returned to HMNB Clyde after spending eight months at sea on her first operational deployment.

The submarine’s Lady Sponsor, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Rothesay (The Duchess of Cornwall), joined senior naval officers and over 150 friends and family to welcome her return at a special ceremony at Faslane.

HMS Astute returned to the Fleet after completing a major capability upgrade and sea training period.

HMS Astute’s sea training process tested all aspects of the equipment and crew, ensuring that she is ready to respond to emergency situations while continuing with high intensity operations.

The rigorous training package contained a number of phases with the team put through their paces during fire fighting and damage control exercises as well as completing weapon certification of the UK’s anti-surface and anti-submarine weapon system.

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Official

SSN Group 5 Specification

Length

280'

Displacement

5,300 tonnes, submerged

7000 to 7400 tonnes, surfaced

Beam

37' 1"

Draught

32' 10"

Propulsion

1 × Rolls Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor

MTU 600kw Deisel Generators

2 × GEC steam turbines

2 × Paxman diesel alternators 2,800 shp

1 × motor for emergency drive

1 × auxiliary retractable prop

Speed

Up to 32 knots, submerged

Test Depth

Over 300m

Electronic warfare

2 × SSE Mk8 launchers for Type 2066 and Type 2071 torpedo decoys

Armament

6 × 21" torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 38 weapons

Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles

Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes

Complement

98 (109 capacity)

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